Fire Breaks Out at West 45th Street Building, FDNY Says

HELL'S KITCHEN — A blaze broke out at a West 45th Street building Thursday morning, leaving one person injured, according to the FDNY.

The fire engulfed the top floor of 456 W. 45th St., about 9:50 a.m., a fire spokesman said.

The flames spread to the roof of the five-story building, which is near 10th Avenue, the spokesman said.

Yvette Polanco, 33, who lives on the fifth-floor of the buiding, said she smelled something burning and ran to the roof with her building's superintendent.

"We started grabbing anything we could and filling it with water: pasta pots and buckets," Polanco said. "It got too big so we came down here and I watched while the fireman punched a hole through my bedroom and another one through my kitchen."

Sixty firefighters battled the blaze for 40 minutes before bringing it under control, officials said.

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